We humans are all intimately interconnected. How we treat each other matters to the health and well-being, perhaps even the survival, of us all as a species, not in some vague future, but in this very moment. Kindness is the natural response to recognizing inter-connectedness. And in that kindness is true wisdom.

~ Jon Kabat-Zinn

Sunset of gold along Washington’s north coast, photo by KR Backwoods Photography, used with permission